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About REM(RND)

A self-proclaimed computer expert, he has managed to do several feats of computing know-how that the infamous Geek Squad said was impossible. He is the owner of a budding computer repair business in the middle of nowhere with extensive computer experience dating back to 1982 and yes, he still knows his PEEKs and POKEs.

So, people are upset that they can't read messages terrorists send to each other because they got them kicked off of services terrorists used that we COULD read from? I think we deserve everything we get at this point.

Maybe if PEOPLE weren't so gullible as to believe everything they see on the internet, did a modicum of research before sharing memes, maybe that sort of shit wouldn't happen. But that would mean people would have to actually be responsible for their content. Instead all they do is pass around memetic herpes and wonder why they and their friends itch. I swear I spend too much damn time trying to fact check and vaccinate people against this but others are right, you can't fix stupid.

The problem can be likened to Oreos with a few changes. Like the internet, the ISPs do not provide nor create Oreos. Like the internet, there is a virtually unlimited supply of Oreos out there in a myriad of flavors. The ISPs are the bottleneck, the choke point, to Oreo consumption. France says you can have 100 Oreos a day. You might not eat that many, but that's how many they can send to you. Japan says you can have 200 Oreos a day. Korea 250. United States 10 Oreos per day and if you have more than 10 Oreos delivered, you have to pay for more. You want something other than plain Oreos? Fuggitaboutit. Oh, you want someone else to deliver your Oreos? Well, the ISPs have WRITTEN THE FARGING LAWS that say no one else but them can deliver Oreos to you. Nevermind the fact that they don't create the Oreos and are using rusted, half-broken down trucks instead of the super-mag trains of Europe to deliver said Oreos. Oh, and if there's no road to your house, no Oreos for you. No, ISPs are not going to pave a road there so you can get Oreos. What, do you think ISPs are made of money even though they continually post record profits? And if you want milk all the ISPs do is hope you choke on your dry, stale Oreos because that's all they're contractually obligated to supply you with. Don't like it? Well the laws THEY WROTE say you do, so there XP

That's a WOPR of a system. Runs HVAC, plays a good game of chess, and has data rates (even with the 1200 baud modem) that would make any Comcast customer jealous. Please say it can decrypt nuclear launch codes, too!